Blood Pressure Control among Hypertensive Diabetic Patients on Follow-Up at Chronic Clinic of Nekemte Referral Hospital in West Ethiopia

Table 2

Bivariable and multivariable analysis of factors associated with uncontrolled BP among hypertensive diabetic patients on follow-up at NRH, West Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 186).

Variables		Blood pressure		COR (95% CI) value	AOR (95% CI) value
		Controlled	Uncontrolled
Sex	Male	44	39	1.323 (0.719–2.434)	—
	Female	60	43	1.00	—
Age in years	18–39	19	14	1.00	1.00
	40–59	63	38	0.926 (0.393–2.186)	0.727 (0.232–2.284)
	≥60	22	30	1.971 (0.785–4.952)	4.537 (1.142–18.024)
Marital status	Single	13	8	1.00	—
	Married	73	53	1.163 (0.420–3.219)	—
	Divorced	12	11	1.607 (0.454–5.688)	—
	Widowed	6	10	2.500 (0.640–9.766)	—
Residence	Urban	50	36	1.00	—
	Rural	54	47	1.229 (0.667–2.266)	—
Educational status	No formal education	46	37	1.178 (0.507–2.739)	—
	Primary school	24	20	1.299 (0.508–3.319)	—
	Secondary school	13	11	1.136 (0.376–3.434)	—
	College/university	21	15	1.00	—
Occupation	Employed	77	66	1.00	—
	Unemployed	27	16	0.698 (0.330–1.477)	—
Knowledge of hypertension	Good	44	22	1.00	—
	Poor	60	60	1.792 (0.923–3.478)	—
Duration with hypertension	<2 years	33	24	1.00	1.00
	2–4 years	29	25	1.176 (0.534–2.591)	2.906 (0.786–10.738)
	≥5 years	42	33	1.150 (0.552–2.394)	3.534 (1.062–11.760)
Cigarette smoking status	Yes	10	15	2.405 (1.025–5.642)	7.697 (2.356–25.146)
	No	94	67	1.00	1.00
Alcohol drinking status	Yes	22	19	1.166 (0.565–2.404)	—
	No	82	63	1.00	—
Presence of comorbidities	Yes	25	25	1.442 (0.737–2.822)	—
	No	79	57	1.00	—
Adherence	Adherent	45	14	1.00	1.00
	Nonadherent	59	68	3.509 (1.631–7.550)	6.584 (2.337–18.553)
Antidiabetic medications	OHAs alone	60	43	1.00	—
	Insulin alone	40	32	1.180 (0.622–2.238)	—
	Both OHAs and insulin	4	7	2.662 (0.757–9.368)	—
Antihypertensive medications	Single AHAs	74	46	1.00	1.00
	Two AHAs	20	26	1.868 (0.925–3.775)	2.284 (0.818–6.377)
	Three AHAs	10	10	1.619 (0.609–4.303)	4.549 (0.960–21.557)
Glycemic control	Controlled	77	29	1.00	1.00
	Uncontrolled	27	53	8.354 (4.166–16.751)	21.630 (8.057–58.070)

OHAs = oral hypoglycemic agents; AHAs = antihypertensive agents.